Lamp-wick.



No. 689,327. Patented Dec. I7, I90I.

H. SRAFIAN.

LAMP WICK.

(Applicatian med I'qb. 24, 1900.)

(lo Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

I'IENTIR SARAFIAN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

LAM P-WICK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 689,327, dated December 17, 1901.

T0 all whom zit may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENTIR SARAFIA'N, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Lamp-Wicks, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to that class of wicks which are characterized by the use of an incombustible tip and of an apertured cap for connecting said tip with the wick proper.

The object of my present inventionis to provide a wick of the above-indicated class in which the connection of the wick proper with the cap will be strong and secure and in which there will be no projections liable to interfere with the feeding or adjustment of the wick. To this end I stitch or sew the cap to the wick in the particular novel manner hereinafter described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure l is an elevation of a fiat wick made in accordance with my invention, and Fig. 2 is asectional elevation 011 the line 2 2 of Fig. l.

The wick proper, A, may be of any suitable material and shape. Its top is in contact with the incombustible tip B, generally in the nature of loose asbestos. Over the tip B and the upper end of the wick A extends the apertured cap C, which, as shown, consists of longitudinal wires C', bent into a U shape over the upper edge of the tip B, and horizontall cross-wires C2, interwoven with the wires C'`-A that is, the cap consists of a U-shaped piece of wire-gauze.

The connection of the cap C with the wick proper, A, is made by stitching consisting ofY two strands D D' of thread or wire arranged on opposite sides of the wick. These strands pass into the wick at the upper and lower ends of the stitching and are there provided with interlocking loops D2 DS--that is, one strand forms a loop, through which passes the other strand. The lower series of loops D3 is located below the lowermost cross-wire C2, so that this wire is held firmly against the wick A and cannot project therefrom materially. Also byholding down the lowermost inclination.

Application filed February 24, 1900. Serial No. 6,349. (No model.)

' wire C2 the lower ends of the longitudinal wires, C are pressed toward the wick, so that they will not protrude therefrom and will not be liable to interfere with the feeding or adjustment of the wick. The upper series of loops D2 is arranged above one of the cross- Wires C2, preferablyr the third or fourth crosswire from the bottom. The strand D runs as follows: From a lower loop D3 it extends upwardly without crossing any one of the longitudinalwires C' to a point above the fourth cross-wire C2, where it forms a loop D2, interlocked with a similar loop of the strand D. Then the strand D passes down obliquely to the right and crosses one of the longitudinal wires C to reach the next lowerloop D3. Then the strand D passes up again between two adjacent longitudinal wires C without crossing anyone of them, and thus the operation is repeated until the connection is complete. The strand D' is arranged in a similar manner upon the other side of the wick. The loops D2 D? are within the wick A; but the upper loops D2 might be above the upper edge of the wick proper, A.

It will be obvious that the strands might be given the opposite inclination where they cross the longitudinal wires to that shown in Fig. l. Also, if desired, the oblique runs of the strands might cross two or more of the longitudinal wires instead of only one, as shown, and the vertical or longitudinal runs might also be changed to oblique runs inclined oppositely to the other runs, so that there would be alternating runs of opposite Of course, if desired, the con nection may be strengthened by using two or more pairs of interlocking strands D D instead of the single pair shown in the drawings. This would be a simple duplication of the construction shown, the threads passing through the material at the same points as the first pair or at points adjacent thereto.

Having thus described my invention, claim as new and desire to secure by Letters yPatent- IOO ble strands located on opposite sides of the Wick and formed with an upper series and `a lower series of interlocking loops, for connecting the cap with the wick.

2. The combination of the wick proper, the incombustible tip in contact with the top of the wick, the apertured cap consisting of longitudinal wires engaging the tip and the upper part of the wick, and of cross-wires interwoven with said longitudinal wires, and Iiexible strands located on opposite sides of the wick and formed with an upper series and a lower series of interlocking loops, the lower loops being below the lowermost cross-wire, and the upper loops above one of the said cross-wires.

3. The combination of the wick proper, the incombustible tip in contact with the top of the wick, the apertured cap consisting of 1ongitudinal wires engaging the tip and the upper part of the wick, and of cross-wires interwoven With said longitudinal wires, and flexible strands located on opposite sides of the wick and formed with an upper series and a lower series of interlocking loops, the lower loops being below the lowermost cross-wire, and the upper loops above one of the said cross-wires, each strand having a series of longitudinal runs extending over sundry of the cross-wires without passing over any one of the longitudinal wires, and a series of oblique runs connecting said longitudinal runs and extending over the longitudinal wires as well as over the cross-wires.

4. The combination of the wick proper, the incombustible tip in contact with the top of the wick, the apertured cap consisting of longitudinal wires engaging the tip and the upper part of the wick, and of cross-wires interwoven with said longitudinal wires, and stitching which passes through the wick and between the wires of the cap at two series of points one of which is nearer the end of the cap than the other, the stitching thus having runs extending lengthwise over the oross wires.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification'in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HENTIR SARAFIAN.

lVitnesses:

J oHN LOTKA, EVERARD BOLTON MARSHALL. 

